DSR 11 (Revised Sept 85)
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Lord Glenarthur
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Alun Michael JP, MP
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Thank you for your letter of 14 June to Geoffrey Howe
about the parliamentary question you tabled on 18 May
about the African Elephant. I am replying as
international environmental matters fall within my area
of Ministerial responsibility at the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office.
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You asked about the division of responsibility between
this department and the Department of the Environment on
matters relating to the protection of the African
Elephant. Policy on the conservation of the African
Elephant and ivory trading is a matter which comes under
the auspices of the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to
which the UK is a signatory. Responsibility for the UK's
implementation of CITES falls to the Department of the
Environment Wildlife Division in Bristol, who are the UK
CITES Management Authority. As the main thrust of UK
action to protect the African Elephant is taken through
CITES, it is appropriate for the DOE to take the lead in
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